Archive by Author

facebook-illustration

How to Make Your Facebook Postings POP!

One of the ‘shops that POP! stores featured in my namesake book is Godfrey’s – Welcome to Dogdom, a pet lifestyle store.  Godfrey’s owner had a concept for a seasonal Fall marketing promotion to include a Facebook post. The idea was to showcase its selection of fall-themed pet products and this message: I loved the […]

luxury-daily-meeting

Luxury Daily’s Luxury FirstLook 2017: Time for Luxury 2.0 meeting

Join me Wednesday January 18, 2017 at 10 on the Park at Time Warner Center, Columbus Circle, for a deep-dive into the changing market for luxury.  My talk will open the meeting: Luxury Market Outlook 2017: Disruption, Change and Reinvention Why should disruption surprise any of us? Why does the rapid rate of business change, which […]

Comments Off on Luxury Daily’s Luxury FirstLook 2017: Time for Luxury 2.0 meeting Continue Reading →
main-dish

How The Main Dish Succeeds in the Challenged Tableware Market

The tableware industry is facing many challenges that have overcome, or threaten to do so, many industry players.  As a mature industry, it faces: Slow organic growth, Disruptive retailers, both online and brick-and-mortar, offering a seemingly endless supply of perfectly acceptable dinnerware options for less, and Brides forgoing tabletop on their registries in favor of […]

Comments Off on How The Main Dish Succeeds in the Challenged Tableware Market Continue Reading →
Luxury woman shopper

New Luxury, Old Luxury; Real Luxury, Faux Luxury — What’s a Brand to Do?

The latest news cycle has revealed chasms growing in the land of luxury: In late July, LVMH, home of storied Louis Vuitton brand, reported that first half 2016 sales of its flagship fashion and leather luxury goods segment dropped .8% from same period last year. Then, on the cusp of NY Fashion Week, Tim Gunn […]

Comments Off on New Luxury, Old Luxury; Real Luxury, Faux Luxury — What’s a Brand to Do? Continue Reading →
story-nm

Why Neiman Marcus Turned to Small Retailer STORY for Much-Needed Retailing Inspiration

Specialty retailers, if you aren’t convinced that you are positioned for the next big trend in retailing, then here is more proof.  Another of the ‘big boy’ retailers, Neiman Marcus, is looking to a specialty retailer to help it restore some of its lost magic and learn some new tricks about how to sell in […]

Comments Off on Why Neiman Marcus Turned to Small Retailer STORY for Much-Needed Retailing Inspiration Continue Reading →